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The Empire of Violette had always been a prosperous realm. Blessed with a lean and effective administration and imbued with the excised wealth of several far off colonies, Violette had been able to push far above its weight throughout the centuries, positioning itself as a global power even with a much smaller population than other Continental greats. This blessing of abundance had allowed Violette to stave off the stagnancy and insolvency suffered by some other old mighty nations, and instead to grow and develop at a pace that kept the nation stable and capable, both politically and monetarily. The perennial cautiousness of the Veletian empire's book-keeping had a time and a place, however, and in a state of war against a numerically superior foe, fiscal conservatism was not a virtue worth keeping. The People's Assembly understood this fact well.

The Wartime Requisitions Act would mobilize Violette's fiscal surplus to provide much needed support to the war effort. Drafted by Philippin Calvet, the Empress Tsirine's hand-picked Minister of the Army and a supporter of the liberal monarchist [i]Bloc Siècle[/i], the bill was written to both help bolster and better supply the Gendarmerie as well as appease the discontented working poor of the major cities. Perhaps the largest expenditure, and the most important in achieving the universality of its support, would be the construction of a new factory: a third manufacturing centre for the Leclerc armaments company, to begin development in the industrially underutilized port-city of Lorre. The [i]Iron Union[/i], a still small political organization but with an unduly large and growing influence over Violette's workers, enthusiastically supported the bill for the industrialization efforts alone. Also important, though, was the reutilization of existing industrial capacity. Half of the rifle factories already existing in the Empire would convert their production to ammunition, ensuring the men at the front would not be under-supplied as they fought the good fight. The Wartime Requisitions Act also held numerous provisions and incentives meant to induce (or induct) more men to active service, with Minister Calvet ambitiously hoping as many as ten new reserve divisions could be organized, so that no rifle would be without a man to wield it.

Some members of the [i]Sujets[/i], stalwart traditionalists with a tendency for spending constraint, initially scoffed at the expenditures involved, but were too nationalistic not to support a pro-military bill in a time of war. Most of the rest of the Assembly was of the same mind, excepting the pacifistic [i]Colombes[/i], who did not support the war and would be sure to virulently oppose any act meant to assist in its waging. A tiny minority in the Assembly Hall, they were jeered by their peers. One of their number, Gervais LeMahieu, a representative from the northern countryside near Rosemère, was so insulted by his own party's opposition to the bill that he proclaimed his departure from the Colombes, intending to continue on in the People's Assembly as an independent. In the end, the law passed by a massive majority, and Empress Tsirine personally attended the final deliberations to codify it into law. With her signature, and with the nation behind her, it was so.

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[b]1.[/b] Construction of a new factory in Lorre, Leclerc Factory #3.

[b]2.[/b] Leclerc Factory #2 will alter its manufacturing cycle to produce ammunition instead of rifles.

[b]3.[/b] More men will be drawn into military service, with a goal of ten new divisions (100,000 additional reserve soldiers).
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